On Sunday, former Mormon bishop Sam Young of Texas announced his excommunication from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Young has actively and publicly campaigned for an end to the policy of allowing bishops to ask youth sexually explicit questions in worthiness interviews (see here). He read aloud his disciplinary letter in front of a crowd gathered near the faith’s Salt Lake Temple.
What’s on my mind today is how history repeats itself: specifically, what happened in the Mormon world exactly 25 years ago. I’m talking about the disfellowshipment or excommunication of the “September Six”—a half-dozen high-profile LDS disciplinary councils that were tried in Utah during a two-week period from Sept.